The folks in Oregon’s Klamath County have decided to aid the Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing at Klamath’s Kingsley Field by providing $30,000 to aid recruiting efforts. The wing needs to add up to 136 positions for its expanded role as the Air Force’s only remaining training unit for F-15 pilots, Col Thomas Schiess, 173rd FW commander, told the The News-Review. The other F-15 training unit, at Tyndall AFB, Fla., will switch solely to the new F-22A.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
